Job Summary:

The Production Planner is responsible for coordinating, monitoring, and improving production flow.  This position is responsible for all production activities related to manufacturing production and planning, including but not limited to customer demand (MRP), job routers, production reports and scheduling. This role utilizes lean enterprise skills to continuously improve products and processes.  

Essential Functions:

• Create and establish production planning processes through collaboration with sales, engineering, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing teams.

• Create and execute daily production schedules that optimize capacity utilization, raw material allocation, WIP, and finish good inventory levels.

• Establish planning controls and inventory levels that can accommodate and forecast fluctuations.

• Coordinate and monitor daily performance, production output, scheduling commitments, inventory cycle counts, on time releases, and overdue releases.  

• Manage material requirement planning data and issue job travelers (routers) to the production floor that optimize manpower, machinery utilization, and inventory levels.

• Plan work orders for manufacturing with respect to customer demand and subcontract (OV) cost (lot charges vs piece prices).

• Create job completion timelines for external customers.

• Assess the need for and implement corrective action on an ongoing basis.

• Associates Degree in a manufacturing or engineering related field.

• Two years of scheduling, planning, and/or inventory control experience in a manufacturing environment involving machining or similar processes. 

• Prior ERP/MRP experience. Use of Epicor ERP is a plus. 

• Strong MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)

• Strong organizational, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

• Proven ability to apply lean enterprise principles to eliminate waste.

• Must be able to work under stringent deadlines and have a sense of urgency.

• Must be able to work in a team environment. 

• Previous Sales-Inventory-Operation-Planning SIOP (S&OP) methodology knowledge a plus.